Episode 1470 • • 40:17 - 45:46
1470: Clubbing Center
Corporate Funding of Eugenics, Forced Sterilization, IBM
The Rockefeller Foundation and Carnegie Institution provided significant funding for eugenics research in America, leading to forced sterilization laws in 27 states. Early proponents even considered public gas chambers before settling on surgical sterilization and marriage restrictions for those deemed "unfit." Edwin Black also highlights the role of IBM punch card technology in facilitating the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.